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The agent turned on his emergency lights, got out and ordered Slater to drop the weapon.

Slater complied and was arrested by the agent and a Kansas City police officer who was part of the surveillance team. Slater told the agent that he actually had pointed the crossbow at some people he knew who were walking by the agent’s car.

In a subsequent search of the silver car, investigators found a 9mm handgun and small amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, according to the allegations.

On Friday, Slater, 54, was charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm during the commission of a drug crime.